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Cooperative Agreement PI4AC00084 Page 1 of 16 Cooperative Agreement P14AC00084 Between The United States Department of Interior National Park Service And Hawaii County Fire Department Provide for Paramedic Ambulance Service CFDA#: 15.954 This cooperative agreement (Agreement) is entered into by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), Hawaii Volcanoes National Park(Park) and Hawaii County Fire Department (HFD). ARTICLE I—BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The objective of this Agreement is to provide for Paramedic Ambulance Service through the Hawaii County Fire Department and provides 24/7 paramedic ambulance service to park staff, visitors and the surrounding community. Until December 1999, the United States Army provided to the Park and surrounding communities 24-hour ambulance service originating from the Kilauea Military Camp facility located within the Park. Subsequent to that date, the Army withdrew their ambulance and related medical personnel, resulting in the need to dispatch ambulances from the city of Hilo, a forty-five minute to one hour driving distance from the Park and surrounding community. Since October 1, 2000 the HFD and the NPS have worked in partnership to fill the significant void for ambulance service to the Volcano area of the Island by providing 24-hour paramedic ambulance service to both the Park and the surrounding communities in the Volcano area. Since September 30, 2007 HFD has assumed the bulk of the funding for the ambulance service while the NPS continues to fund the lease of the GSA ambulance for$30,000. Such ambulance provided by NPS under a GSA lease and operated by HFD was incorporated into the county wide emergency medical system, adding to HFD's capacity to respond to both Park needs and countywide disasters. Due to the increase in GSA rates NPS requests reimbursement of funds for the ambulance lease above the $30,000 appropriated funds limit. This would continue the program with mutual benefit to both agencies by providing Emergency Medical services to the communities and visitors. ARTICLE 11 - AUTHORITY NPS enters into this Agreement pursuant to: Public Law 106-291, Fiscal 2001 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, signed into law on October 11, 2000, for the federal share of providing emergency medical services;